Appendix 1 Final Field Data Record

RECORD DATA

Survey Point Ref:	Surveyor:	Date:
Time:	Weather: Sun / Overcast / Rain / Mist	Field Record Station Ref.:
LCA Ref:	Photo Ref.:	GPS Location:

DESCRIPTION

Location	Topography	Relief	Topographic Features
Rural (Coastal)	Plain	Flat	Badland
Rural (Inland)	Isolated hill	Undulating	Man-made Slope/Terraces
Rural Fringe (Coastal)	Lowland	Rolling / Hilly	Beach
Rural Fringe (Inland)	Ridges / spurs / hillsides	Steep	Scarp/Cliff
Urban Fringe (Coastal)	Valley	N/A	Rocky coast
Urban Fringe (Inland)	Peak		Sandy shore
Urban (Coastal)	Reclamation		Torr / Isolated Boulder
Urban (Inland)	Island		Boulder field
Marine	Plateau		Crags
		N/A	Knolls
			Island
			None

Dominant Landcover and Landscape Elements:

Predominant Built Form	Built-form Pattern	Significant Land Uses	Vernacular Features	Other Elements	Vegetation	Hydrology	Communications
High-rise	Orthogonal	Commercial	Temple	Quay / Jetty	Scattered trees	Stream	Footpath
Medium-rise	Structured	Residential	Church	Power station	Street trees	River	Track
Low-rise	Organic	Infrastructure	Fortification	Quarry	Tree clumps	Reservoir	Lane
Mixed	Scattered	Industrial	Pagoda	Fields	Woodland	Nullah	Road
None	Isolated	Mixed retail with residential	Historic building (rural)	Dam	Plantation	Waterfall	Highway
		Mixed retail with commercial
	Nucleated	Storage / warehouse	Historic building (urban)	Anchorage	Mangrove	Mudflats	Railway
	None	Undeveloped	Walled village	Shipping	Scrub	Ponds	Tramway / Light rail
		Institutional	Salt pans	Landfill	Grassland	Gei wai	Highway interchange
		Active arable agriculture	Graves	Cemetery	Freshwater marsh	Fish farm	Tunnel entrance
		Disused arable agriculture	Squatter settlement	Airport	Salt marsh	Marina	Bridge
		Livestock	Village	Service Reservoir	Amenity planting	Typhoon shelter	Footbridge
		Amenity open space	Monastery/ nunnery	Ash lagoon	Managed grassland	Catchwater	Vehicle car park
		Other		Public open space	Fruit trees	Lagoon	Toll plaza
		Ongoing development		Golf course		Marine channel	PTI
		Retail		Youth camp / hostel			Railway Station
				Powerline
				Residential development
				Telecom station
				Sea wall

Aesthetic and Perceptual Factors

SCALE:	Intimate	Moderate	Large	Huge
FORM :	Straight	Angular	Curved	Sinuous
UNITY:	Coherent	Interrupted	Fragmented	Chaotic
PATTERN:	Dominant	Strong	Broken	Weak
VARIETY:	Uniform	Simple	Varied	Complex
ENCLOSURE:	Expansive	Open	Enclosed	Constrained
HARMONY:	Harmonious	Balanced	Disharmonious	Discordant
MOVEMENT:	Still	Calm	Busy	Frantic
FINISH:	Manicured	Smooth	Managed	Degraded
COLOUR:	Monochrome	Muted	Colorful	Garish
REMOTENESS:	Crowded	Populated	Remote	Wilderness
SECURITY:	Comfortable	Safe	Unsettling	Threatening
SENSORY STIMULI:	Windy	Smelly	Noisy	Tranquil
PLEASURE:	Offensive	Unpleasant	Pleasant	Beautiful

Brief Description including character and Significant Landscape Features__________________________________________________________________________________
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CONDITION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

____ Good ____ Moderate ____ Poor

Justification__________________________________________________________________________________
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____Conservation ____ Enhancement ____ Reconstruction

SENSITIVITY

Significant Relief? Yes No Diversity of Land Use High Moderate Low

Significant Tree Cover? Yes No Visual Exposure to other LCAs High Moderate Low

Type of Potential Development	Sensitive	Not Sensitive	N/A
High-rise Commercial
Low-rise Commercial or Institutional
Industrial or Port-related
High-rise Residential
Medium Rise Residential
Low -rise residential
Storage / Warehousing
Major highway or Railway
Reclamation
Quarry or Landfill
Golf Course

VALUE

Overall LCA Value High High(Qualified) Moderate Low

Exceptional Issues Relating to Landscape Value: __________________________________________________________________________________
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Key Natural Resource with visual landscape manifestation;

Key Heritage Feature with visual landscape manifestation;

Distinctiveness:

Rarity: Common Unusual Infrequent Unique
Unique Condition: Poor Moderate Good
Unique Features Contributing to Distinctiveness: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Scenic Value:

Relief                       High                    Low
Visual Complexity     High   Moderate   Low
Visual Coherence      High   Moderate   Low
Effects of adjoining LCAs      +      -
Night-time Effects                 +      -
Presence of water                 +      -

* Indicate whether the presence of the particular quality/feature has a positive or negative effect on landscape value

Visual
Attractors

Visual
Detractors

Trend

Significant Landscape Change Ongoing? Yes No

If 'Yes', this is due to _________________________________________________________________________________
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